Darren Everett Criss is an American actor\, singer-songwrite
r\, multi-instrumentalist\, and composer. One of the founding members and
co-owners of StarKid Productions\, a musical theater company based in Chic
ago\, Illinois\, Criss first garnered attention playing the lead role of H
arry Potter in StarKid’s musical production of A Very Potter Musical. The
theater troupe made Billboard history when Me and My Dick became the first
charting student-produced musical recording\, debuting at number eleven o
n the Top Cast Albums chart in 2010.